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August 23, 2007
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Thursday August 23, 2007
The Wreck of the Steamer Plymouth Rock in Pelham Waters in 1856
Given that the City of New York annexed large portions of the Town of
Pelham including City Island, Hart Island and much of today's Pelham Bay
Park in the mid-1890s, it is easy to forget Pelham's rich maritime
heritage. The Town's history is littered with unusual maritime incidents
throughout the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries.
One such incident involved the wreck of the Steamer Plymouth Rock on the
shores of City Island in 1856. The article below appeared in the January
2, 1856 issue of New York Daily Times. It describes the wreck.
"Disaster to the Steamer Plymouth Rock.
The steamer Plymouth Rock, which left here on Saturday afternoon,
for Stonington, came to anchor in company with the other Sound steamers,
near Hart Island, owing to the severe snow squall. A schooner, lying at
anchor near by, got loose, and by drifting into the Plymouth Rock,
tripped her chain and anchor, and set her at the mercy of the wind and
waves, so that she drifted ashore about 1 o'clock A.M., on Sunday, on City
Island, where she still remained at the latest date, 6 o'clock Monday
morning.
The steamer Bay State took off the mails and passengers. The
freight has been brought to this City. Assistance was sent to the
Plymouth Rock yesterday morning. Her place in the Stonington Line is
to be promptly filled by another boat."
Source: Disaster to the Steamer Plymouth Rock, N.Y. Daily Times,
Jan. 2, 1856, p. 3, col. 6.
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